This car has gone through a couple names in its 12 year life span with me. The first was "G-Spank" thanks to Mandy MacNaughton Rutledge and it's last name that it established for itself was "The White Champ." Let me tell you why. This car has been (not driven through on my way to somewhere else) too the following places:
1. Virginia Beach, VA
2. Washington D.C.
3. Manhattan, NY
4. Nashville, TN
5. Cedar City, UT and St. George, UT (several times for soccer camps and tournaments)
6. Back and forth trips from Utah State in Logan for six years of schooling
7. Pocatello, ID (I know, really far but I wanted to give an example of a the furthest northern trip)
8. Council Bluffs, IA
9. Louisville, KY
With all of these road trips and places that I've lived, the car put on 182,000 miles on it. Ahhh! A lot I know. But, with this said, it never had any serious mechanical problems, a couple squeaky brakes for replacement, and weird putting noises here and there from the muffler, but that's about it. If any of you are considering buying a Geo Prizm, don't be thrown off by the "Geo" in its name. Geo really means "Great, excellent, and overwhelming dependable". **You learn something new everyday**
Anyhow, to make a long story short, I posted the car on-line for sale for Dustin as a Christmas present and three months later after a few gruesome, fake, "I want your car" and "bring your car to me and I'll buy it with cash" depressing promises creating pre-funerals for my car, I finally parted with it to a family living in Saratoga Springs (so close to it's birth town, Lehi).
I know I brag about all the places I've driven in it, but I only have documented proof of it being in Virginia Beach and Lehi. How terrible is that! I really regret not taking more pictures of all the places it took me.
Virginia Beach
One of the fake "pre-funerals"
This picture is very sad
Alas, after a summer of sweating in my car, we decided it had to go. Good bye little White Champ.
4 comments:
I remember that car! It was a good old car. I just can't believe you've had it this whole time. It really was a champ! So what did you guys get to replace it?
OH that car was the best. I can't even count how many times it took us out on the weekends. It's fat better then the "skates on ice" you drove before you got it :) Thanks for the post lots of great memories in the G Spank.
I just want us all to have a moment of silence. You are very brave Katie...
Cam
That was a beautiful obituary...The White Champ would be pleased...but I guess he/she is not really dead for it lives on in your heart...and Saratoga Springs.
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